TEACHING PAIN MANAGEMENT TO STUDENT NURSES: A LITERATURE REVIEW
ABSTRACT: To provide nursing
students knowledge of pain prior, during, and post- surgery, recovery and rehabilitation.
Methods: Review articles published during 2005 until 2012 that focused on
pain assessment and pain management. The databases used in this study were
Medline and CINAHL.
Results: Postoperative pains need special approach and care. It needs teach
patient how to adapt pain, control pain, monitor result of treatment.
Conclusion: Nursing students need to learn how to assess pain using
appropriate tools for each age level and in patients with special needs. The
students also need to learn about pain management including pharmacology and
non-pharmacology means and consider pain as the fifth vital sign. As student
nurses learn pain assessment, they should be considerate about culture, and
different languages that might happen during practical rotations.
Author: Ekatrina Wijayanti
Journal Code: jpkeperawatangg140008
